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As many as 12 houses and a large area of garden have fallen into the river in a serious landslide that occurred in the southern province of Vinh Long on Monday evening.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to pay official visits to Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium from December 9 to 15.

Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and his Republic of Korea’s counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday announced that the two countries have agreed to upgrade relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

French Senate president Gerard Larcher will pay an official visit to Vietnam on December 8-9, according to a communiqué of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, recently held a hybrid seminar on “Emerging global trends and policy choices in digital transformation: Implications for Vietnam”.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 5 expressed his hope that universities and educational institutions of Vietnam and New Zealand will reach specific, direct cooperation agreements, helping to deepen the collaboration between the two countries in this regard.

An additional 427 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours in Vietnam, bringing the national tally to over 11.51 million, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday.

Over the past 14 years, as many as 6,500 poor children with heart disease have been given free surgeries, thanks to support from one charity programme.

Vietnamese students won a total of 19 medals at the 2022 International Mathematics and Science Olympiad, which was recently held in Indonesia in an online format.

President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk-yeol hosted an official welcome ceremony for his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 5 afternoon in the capital city.

HCM City has just set a plan for developing waterway tourism between 2022–2025, for which cruise ships with a capacity of between 100–200 rooms will be launched overnight on the Sai Gon River.

The Vietnam Health Education and Literature Projects (VNHELP) has just awarded 75 scholarships to disadvantaged students from six universities across Hanoi.

A bomb weighing over 100 kilos has been discovered by the Red River in the northern province of Phu Tho.

The night-time economy of major cities in the country has remained underdeveloped due to a lack of proper investment and an absence of a legal framework and policies to promote it, authorities said.

The central province of Quang binh that houses Son Doong, the largest cave in the world, plans to launch a pilot tour Hung Thoong (Thoong Valley) in the coming months.

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has proposed a total investment of 320 million USD in three Vietnamese banks, reported the Nikkei Asia.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc upon arriving in Seoul on December 4 for an official visit received representatives of several friendship and economic cooperation organisations that have made positive contributions to promoting bilateral relations.

Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile high and rivers of lava down its side while sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.